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In summary, your local General Registrar's duties include but are not limited to:

    Maintaining the office of the General Registrar and establishing and maintaining additional public places for voter registration; Participating in programs to educate the general public concerning registration and encouraging registration by the general public;  Providing the appropriate forms for applications to register and to obtain the information necessary to complete the applications; Accepting  registration applications or requests for transfer or changes of address submitted for a resident of any other county or city in the Commonwealth; Preserving order at and in the vicinity of the place of registration; Maintaining the official registration records for his\her county or city; Verifying the accuracy of the pollbooks provided for each election by the State Board of Elections and making the pollbooks available to the precincts; Maintaining accurate and current registration records and complying with the requirements of the Code Of Virginia, Title 24.2 - ELECTIONS, for the transfer, inactivation, and cancellation of voter registrations; review any petition required by political parties in its nomination process to determine whether those signing the petition are registered voters with active status.


     



    Virginia State Board of Elections
    Suite 101, 200 North 9th Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219-3485
    Telephone: 804 864-8901 Toll Free: 800 552-9745 FAX: 804 371-0194

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